Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Railroad Commission of Alabama
District Court, M.D. Alabama
In Equity. These are supplemental bills by the several complainants to arrest the ■execution of certain statutes passed at the called session of the Legislature ■of Alabama in November, 1907, particular mention of which is made hereafter. It will conduce to a better understanding of the cases to recite briefly the history of the original bills and the events happening after they were at issue which are made the basis of the supplemental bills.
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In Equity. These are supplemental bills by the several complainants to arrest the ■execution of certain statutes passed at the called session of the Legislature ■of Alabama in November, 1907, particular mention of which is made hereafter. It will conduce to a better understanding of the cases to recite briefly the history of the original bills and the events happening after they were at issue which are made the basis of the supplemental bills. On the 25th of March, 1907. the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the Kansas City. Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Company, the Southern Railway…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, District Judge
(alter stating the facts as above). These cases involve the rights of the owners and the public in the use of vast' properties devoted to state and interstate commerce, the relations of the states to the United States, the extent of its judicial power in the enforcement of the Constitution and laws, the power of the state under its own Constitution, and the rights of citizens under both the state and federal Constitutions. Counsel were invited to present their views unhampered by any limitation as to time or the mode of raising the issues, and the court has had the benefit of able and…
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